As a partial fulfilment for the award of the Degree of Masters in International Maritime Law, the Nippon Scholars submitted the following research work and maritime legislation drafting projects:

1. Mr. Deshon Jahrel Griffith (Barbados)

Dissertation: ‘Flags of Expedience: A Case in Favour of Open Registries’

Drafting Project: ‘A Bill to amend the Shipping Act 1994 to incorporate the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 as amended by Resolution LEG 5 (99) of the IMO Legal Committee adopted on 19 April 2012’

2. Ms. Susan Kemonia Lawrence (Jamaica)

Dissertation: ‘A Legal Analysis of the Adequacy of the Arrest of Ships Regime in Jamaica’

Drafting Project: ‘Shipping Act (Maritime Labour Convention 2006) Enforcement and Compliance Regulations 2017’

3. Ms. Tina Owuor Awuor (Kenya)

Dissertation: ‘The Role of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) in Combating the Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Fishing’

Drafting Project: ‘The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) Regulations 2017’

4. Mr. Malefetsane Seth Moseme (Lesotho)

Dissertation: ‘The Rights of Lesotho as a Developing Landlocked State under the 1982 UNCLOS Regime: Myth or Reality?’

Drafting Project: ‘Agreement on Access to and from the Sea between the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho and the Government of the Republic of South Africa’

5. Mr. Ricky Goumesh Bhookhun (Mauritius)

Dissertation: ‘Mauritius: Towards a Modern Anti-Piracy Legal Framework’

Drafting Project: ‘The Maritime Dumping and Incineration Act 2017’

6. Lt. Liliana Diaz Medina (Mexico)

Dissertation: ‘The Effectiveness of Current International Ship-Boarding Provisions to Combat Crime at Sea’

Drafting Project: ‘A Law to Incorporate the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 2005 (2005 SUA Convention) and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, 2005 (2005 SUA Protocol) into the Laws of Mexico’

7. Ms. Fretti Gayondato Ganchoon (The Philippines)

Dissertation: ‘Traditional Fishing Rights in the Waters of the Disputed Scarborough Shoal: Providing a Legal Framework for their Regulation Pending Resolution of Conflicting Sovereignty Claims over the Shoal’

Drafting Project: ‘An Act to Incorporate the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation, 1990 and the Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Cooperation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000 into the Laws of the Philippines’

8. Mr. Marco Angelo Felix L. Lopez (The Philippines)

Dissertation: ‘Legal Remedies in National Courts against Multinational Corporations: A Viable Strategy to Enforce the South China Sea Arbitration Decision’

Drafting Project: ‘An Act Empowering the President of the Republic of the Philippines to Designate Sea Lanes in Philippine Archipelagic Waters, and Prescribing the Rights and Obligations of Foreign Ships and Aircraft Exercising the Right of Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage and Innocent Passage’

9. Ms. Emily Vicky Mousbe (Seychelles)

Dissertation: ‘The Effect of Tacit Acceptance Procedure in International Maritime Law Treaties and the Domestication of such Arrangements in State Countries: A Seychellois Perspective’

Drafting Project: ‘Search and Rescue Act’

10. Ms. Hazel Ha’a Hauirae (Solomon Islands)

Dissertation: ‘The Importance of Ratification of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973, as Modified by the Protocol of 1978 Relating thereto: Annex VI: Solomon Islands Perspective’

Drafting Project: ‘A Law to Amend Part IX of the Shipping (Non-Convention Vessels) Regulation 2006 of the Solomon Islands, to Incorporate Chapter III, Life-Saving Appliances Code of the International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea 1978 as Amended’

11. Ms. Nayomi Malina Kahawita (Sri Lanka)

Dissertation: ‘Indo-Sri Lanka Fisheries Conflict in the Palk Bay Region: An Evaluation of the Conservation Measures Necessary to Curb the Challenges Posed by IUU Fishing’

Drafting Project: ‘Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships Act No… of 2017’